The first simultaneous sign change for Fourier coefficients of Hecke-Maass forms (2003.06621v1)

Abstract: Let $f$ and $g$ be two Hecke-Maass cusp forms of weight zero for $SL_2(\mathbb Z)$ with Laplacian eigenvalues $\frac{1}{4}+u^2$ and $\frac{1}{4}+v^2$, respectively. Then both have real Fourier coefficients say, $\lambda_f(n)$ and $\lambda_g(n)$, and we may normalize $f$ and $g$ so that $\lambda_f(1)=1=\lambda_g(1)$. In this article, we first prove that the sequence ${\lambda_f(n)\lambda_g(n)}_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ has infinitely many sign changes. Then we derive a bound for the first negative coefficient for the same sequence in terms of the Laplacian eigenvalues of $f$ and $g$.